Set on the West Coast during Bush II's first term, Out of What
Chaos showcases the escapades of Rex and The Brains as they settle
into the Portland rock scene, record their first CD, and tour from
Vancouver to LA behind their chart-topping single, "F U. I Just
Want To Get My Rocks Off." The boys party on, finding their way
amidst the frenzied panorama of twenty-first century America. The
country embraces them in all its crazy glory, from witches to
priests, from groupies to politicians, from drug dealers to porno
stars to college professors. As the band's fame grows, tragedy
strikes, and Freddie finds himself torn between his rock-and-roll
lifestyle and his girlfriend, Sheila Corcoran, whose claim on his
heart continues to grow. In the end, the worlds of love and
celebrity collide, and Freddie must make a decision about how to
live. "This book is more or less what one would expect if Walker
Percy wrote about a cynical rock musician who converts to
Catholicism, and then Nabokov added some of his verbal
pyrotechnics, and then Buster Keaton and the Marquis de Sade and
Lionel Trilling inserted a few extra passages. It is a loving and
yet appalled description of the underground music scene in the
Pacific Northwest. And it is a convincing representation of someone
very, very smart." -Matt Greenfield, The Valve, www.thevalve.org
"In smart, wiry prose, Lee Oser has created a witty Bildungsroman
set in the world of rockers in the Northwest. In a world where the
"choices" offered are life-denying or trivial, Oser negotiates a
set of alternatives for his characters-and his readers." -James
Najarian, Boston College. "Well-versed in the lifestyle, Lee Oser
has crafted a hedonistically spiritual rock'n' roll morality play;
one filled with characters culled from his own musical experience.
Freddie Fontane is the new Holden Caulfield for the wi-fi
generation-registering his every thought and impression upon the
quickly turned page. In a world of transient American Idols, in
relentless pursuit of their Warholian fifteen minutes, Freddie
Fontane is the unfailing pragmatist, searching for truth in a world
of pretense and artifice." -S. P. Clarke, Two Louies magazine.
General
Imprint: |
New Academia Publishing, LLC
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
February 2007 |
First published: |
February 2007 |
Authors: |
Lee Oser
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 9mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
156 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-9787713-4-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
0-9787713-4-6 |
Barcode: |
9780978771348 |
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